NAME

metal-source - Metal tool for dumping source information

SYNOPSIS

metal-source [filename] [options]

DESCRIPTION

metal-source allows to extract source information from binaries produced by the Metal toolchain.

OPTIONS

metal-source supports the following options:

-help, -h

Display usage information and exit.

-version

Display the version of this program.

-arch <architecture>

Specify the architecture to dump.

-extract [raw|apple-gputools|metal-scripts]

Choose the format of the extracted information. raw extract all the source information as stored inside the binary. apple-gputools restructure them in order to be compatible with Apple GPU tools. metal-scripts only extracts the Metal scripts.

-f

Overwrite output path.

-flatbuffers [binary|json]

Choose how to format extracted flatbuffers. binary dump them in binary format, json in JSON format.

-o <path>

Specify the directory where write the extracted source information.

-v

Enable verbose output.

BUGS

To report bugs, please visit <https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/>.

SEE ALSO

metal-pipelines-script(5)

INTERNET RESOURCES

Metal Shading Language Specification: <https://developer.apple.com/metal/Metal-Shading-Language-Specification.pdf>

COPYRIGHT

2014-2024, The Metal Team